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Income and differential fertility : evidence from oil price shocks
Hailemariam, Abebe - 2022
This paper examines the effect of national income on the total fertility rate (children born per woman). We estimate … the effects on fertility of shocks to national per capita income using plausibly exogenous variations in oil price shock … negative and significant effect on the total fertility rate. Looking at the entire spectrum of the fertility distribution, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013254187
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Fertility transitions in developing countries : convergence, timing, and causes
Papagni, Erasmo - 2018
mortality are important determinants of fertility decline, while per-capita GDP has probably worked in the opposite direction …This paper studies the dynamics of fertility in 180 countries in the period 1950ñ 2015 and investigates the … determinants of the onset of fertility transitions. The application of Phillips and Sulís (2007) test to fertility rates provides …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130580
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A parsimonious model of longevity, fertility, HIV transmission and development
Gori, Luca; Manfredi, Piero; Sodini, Mauro - 2018
equilibrium growth model with endogenous fertility and endogenous longevity under the threat of a deadly enduring infectious … the fertility response to the evolving epidemic conditions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131225
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How China's "later, longer, fewer" campaign extends life expectancy : a study of intergenerational support for elderly parents
Bansak, Cynthia; Dziadula, Eva; Wang, Sophie Xuefei - 2024
Study, we identify adults of childbearing age whose fertility was reduced. We find LLF exposure increases the likelihood of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014483940
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Climate change, cold waves, heat waves, and mortality : evidence from a lower middle-income country
Cuong Viet Nguyen; Nguyen, Manh-Hung; Toan Truong Nguyen - 2022
We estimate the impact of temperature extremes on mortality in Vietnam, using daily data on temperatures and monthly … data on mortality during the 2000-2018 period. We find that both cold and heat waves cause higher mortality, particularly … among older people. This effect on mortality tends to be smaller in provinces with higher rates of air-conditioning and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012806269
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The effect of self-employment on health : instrumental variables analysis of longitudinal social security data
Gonçalves, Judite; Martins, Pedro S. - 2018
The growth of novel flexible work formats raises a number of questions about their effects upon health and the potential public policy implications. However, answering these questions is hampered by data and identification constraints. This is the first paper that draws on comprehensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130592
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Are long-lived persons utility monsters?
Ponthiere, Gregory - 2022
Nozick's "utility monster" - a being who is more efficient than other persons at transforming resources into well-being - is often regarded as deeply impossible, on the ground of the incapacity of a single person to have a life that is better than a large number of other lives. In this article,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414177
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The fertility effect of laws granting undocumented migrants access to driving licenses in the United States
Gunadi, Christian - 2022
licenses can affect undocumented migrants' fertility decisions. Using a differencein- differences strategy based on temporal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013254229
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Fertility, family policy, and labor supply : quasi-experimental evidence from France
El-Mallakh, Nelly - 2021
This paper examines fertility and labor supply responses to a French policy reform that consisted in conditioning the …, the paper finds that restricting family allowance eligibility criteria decreases fertility. The results also highlight … supply. Auxiliary regressions show that at least part of the decline in fertility is due to timing effects, as the fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012667157
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Is the future of work childless? : self-employment and fertility
Gonçalves, Judite; Martins, Pedro S. - 2019
The growth of self-employment and in particular gig work may explain part of the declining fertility rates observed in … many countries. This study examines this question drawing on longitudinal data to compare women’s fertility, proxied by … structural aspects of work types, as fertility-related social protection there does not discriminate between self-employment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149207